Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks to the media before hosting a lunch appointment with Connecticut gun makers in Hartford, Conn., Monday, June 17, 2013. The governors of Texas and South Dakota are visiting Connecticut to court local gun makers, many of which have threatened to leave since the state passed tough new gun-control laws in response to the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
Photo: Jessica Hill, AP Photo/Jessica Hill

Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks to the media before hosting a lunch...

Texas Gov. Rick Perry arrives to the media before hosting a lunch appointment with Connecticut gun makers in Hartford, Conn., Monday, June 17, 2013. The governors of Texas and South Dakota are visiting Connecticut to court local gun makers, many of which have threatened to leave since the state passed tough new gun-control laws in response to the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
Photo: Jessica Hill, AP Photo/Jessica Hill

Texas Gov. Rick Perry arrives to the media before hosting a lunch...

Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy briefly speaks to the media after stopping by a restaurant to welcomeTexas Gov. Rick Perry in Hartford, Conn., Monday, June 17, 2013. Perry was at the restaurant hosting a lunch appointment with Connecticut gun makers. The governors of Texas and South Dakota are visiting Connecticut to court local gun makers, many of which have threatened to leave since the state passed tough new gun-control laws in response to the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks to the media before hosting a lunch appointment with Connecticut gun makers in Hartford, Conn., Monday, June 17, 2013. The governors of Texas and South Dakota are visiting Connecticut to court local gun makers, many of which have threatened to leave since the state passed tough new gun-control laws in response to the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
Photo: Jessica Hill, AP Photo/Jessica Hill